Burlesque

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1. Adjective

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.

2. Noun

Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

3. Noun

An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

4. Noun

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

5. Verb

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

6. Verb

To employ burlesque.
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